Bernard Loughman; Stockbroker, Executive

Services for Bernard John “B.J.” Loughman Jr., who died Tuesday in an auto accident, will be held Monday.

Loughman, who was vice president of the local office of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, was 61.

The lifelong Ventura resident was born May 3, 1938. He attended St. Catherine’s Elementary School and Villanova High School.

Keeping with family tradition, he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and was a fan of the Colorado Buffaloes football team. Loughman joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was lifelong friends with many members.

He attended law school at UCLA.

For the past 35 years, Loughman worked for Dean Witter in Oxnard as a stockbroker, account executive and vice president.

Fly-fishing and golf were Loughman’s great passions. He enjoyed many fly-fishing trips to the Sierras, the Rockies and Canada.

In the three weeks before his death, Loughman and some of his fraternity brothers played many historic golf courses in Ireland. He returned from his trip on the Saturday before his death.

Glenn Fitzgerald, a Morgan Stanley vice president and friend for 27 years, said, “Some people collect things, but B.J. collected people. He was very warm, friendly, had sharp wit and a tremendous number of friends.”

Loughman is survived by his mother, Alice Loughman of Ventura; two sons, Bernard “B.J.” Loughman III of Ventura and Christopher of San Diego; a brother, Anthony Loughman of Ventura; his former wife, Cynthia Loughman of Ventura; and three grandchildren.

Viewing is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph Reardon Funeral Home in Ventura. A rosary will follow. Services are scheduled at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Assumption Church in Ventura.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Reardon Funeral Home, Ventura.